Category: Soups & Stews

Slow Cooker Tangy Beef Stew with Root Veg

It’s said that a good meal nourishes the soul and I’m struggling to think of many things as nourishing as a “fall apart” tender and hearty beef stew. Bubbling away in the slow cooker while I go about my day, I love getting dinner prep sorted early in the morning and out of the way. We… Continue reading Slow Cooker Tangy Beef Stew with Root Veg

Gut Healing Vegetable Stock

I’m totally committed to my monthly ritual of making home-made stock on the stovetop or slowcooker. Sometimes it’s a flavourful chicken stock or a beef bone broth that I’m cackling over in my kitchen cauldron; other times it’s this flavourful vegetable stock that I’m simmering away. It’s become a ‘must have’ and if I run… Continue reading Gut Healing Vegetable Stock

Slow Cooker Pork Noodle Soup

I’ve learnt this week that talking about copyright infringement on Facebook is an area fraught with danger. While Facebook fighting is a widespread and well-known issue, I’m honestly amazed by the vitriol I received after questioning a  group I’m in about the practice of copy-pasting from blogs, due to copyright concerns and Facebook terms of service issues. The situation has… Continue reading Slow Cooker Pork Noodle Soup

Anti-Inflammatory Carrot & Three Ginger Soup

Inflammation is an essential part of our innate immunity for infection control, where acutely it can be beneficial in helping us heal from trauma. We experience this kind of inflammation as PRISH – Pain, Redness, Immobility, Swelling and Heat. To illustrate, imagine having the flu accompanied by a sore throat. It may hurt to swallow… Continue reading Anti-Inflammatory Carrot & Three Ginger Soup

Whole Celery, Potato and Chickpea Soup

I’m a lover of the discarded, unloved greens of everyday vegetables. Carrot tops? I make a mean carrot-top pesto. Beet leaves? Try my Whole Beet Juice with Apple, Celery & Ginger. Celery leaves? Don’t you dare throw those out – they’re delicious! I’ve already extolled the health benefits of celery leaves when I pleaded with… Continue reading Whole Celery, Potato and Chickpea Soup